Description
Lorna Jowett delves into the distinctive stories and characters, including the Doctors themselves, their female and male companions, Captain Jack Harkness, Missy, Sarah Jane and her young comrades. She considers the showrunners, directors, producers and writers and the problems this flagship science fiction series has had in offering alternative gender models. Constructions of masculinity, the author function, and how gender intersects with the other facets of identity, race, ethnicity and age, are just some of the areas explored in this accessible and wide-ranging re-view of these hotly debated elements of the successful BBC franchise.
Widespread conversations and criticisms continue about the ways in which Doctor Who represents gender. Dancing with the Doctor, the first book on the Doctor Who universe to take gender as its focus, examines both the successful revival of the series since 2005 and its spin-off series, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
About the Author
Reader in Television Studies at the University of Northampton. She is co-author with Stacey Abbott of TV Horror: Investigating The Dark Side of the Small Screen, co-editor with Kevin Robinson and David Simmons of Time on TV: Narrative Time, Time Travel & Time Travellers in Popular Television Culture (both I.B. Tauris), and author of Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan.
Reviews
'Lorna Jowett's indispensable Dancing with the Doctor offers a fascinating look at how gender is represented on-screen in the series (and its spin-offs)...offering detailed but accessible discussion of key characters, episodes and staff, together with analysis of the series' fandom, the book will be vital to all those interested in a new perspective on the worlds of Doctor Who.' - Rebecca Williams, university of South Wales, author of Fast-object Fandom
Book Information
ISBN 9781784533748
Author Lorna Jowett
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 247g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 135mm * 25mm
Widespread conversations and criticisms continue about the ways in which Doctor Who represents gender. Dancing with the Doctor, the first book on the Doctor Who universe to take gender as its focus, examines both the successful revival of the series since 2005 and its spin-off series, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
About the Author
Reader in Television Studies at the University of Northampton. She is co-author with Stacey Abbott of TV Horror: Investigating The Dark Side of the Small Screen, co-editor with Kevin Robinson and David Simmons of Time on TV: Narrative Time, Time Travel & Time Travellers in Popular Television Culture (both I.B. Tauris), and author of Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan.
Reviews
'Lorna Jowett's indispensable Dancing with the Doctor offers a fascinating look at how gender is represented on-screen in the series (and its spin-offs)...offering detailed but accessible discussion of key characters, episodes and staff, together with analysis of the series' fandom, the book will be vital to all those interested in a new perspective on the worlds of Doctor Who.' - Rebecca Williams, university of South Wales, author of Fast-object Fandom
Book Information
ISBN 9781784533748
Author Lorna Jowett
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 247g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 135mm * 25mm
